Chapter 159: Monopoly

Adam remained unruffled. "As I stated, you lack the requisite standing. Or was my meaning unclear? Mr. Smith believes only a select few in Lumina City are fit company."

The suited man's fury boiled over as he raised a fist. "Insolent whelp! Riding on another's coattails, are you? I'll see this place razed even if it costs my position - starting with teaching you some respect!"

"Restrain him!"

"Give the pup a thrashing!"

"He has earned such chastisement with his disrespect!"

The crowd urged the irate man toward violence as tensions mounted.

"Enough of this impertinence!" A commanding baritone resonated through the hall as a septuagenarian elder, a tall, ravishing Beauty, and two vigorous men in their prime strode in - Old Mr. Clark of Clark Group, Daisy, Mayor Dominic Taylor of Lumina City, and District Mayor Samuel Walker of Lumina District had finally arrived.

The dignitaries' presence stilled the unrest as the assembled officials and moguls turned in deference. Meanwhile, the civil